Cellular and subbasal nerve alterations in early stage Fuchs' endothelial corneal dystrophy: an in vivo confocal microscopy study.

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Published in Eye (Lond) on November 16, 2012

Authors

L M Schrems-Hoesl1, W A Schrems, A Cruzat, B M Shahatit, H A Bayhan, U V Jurkunas, P Hamrah

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Ophthalmology, Cornea Service and Ocular Surface Imaging Center, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

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